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PHOENIX -

Just days after staff at the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale found extensive, as well as racist damage to the property - ABC15 has learned, their website has been hacked and shutdown.

But, the organization told ABC15, they have nothing to do with this string of vandalism.

In a statement, they said:

"We strongly condemn this racist and anti-Semitic act. We are strictly an above-board group that is public, nonviolent, and anti-racist in all that we do, and a majority of our organizers are Jewish or people of color. This is not anyone we know and it goes against our values."

"It's so much effort and it's so negative and I just don't understand why people want to hate," Searles said.

Searles said they did have a security camera up, however - it does not work. They are planning on investing in one now. But, the costs are adding up.

They will have to replace the signs and possibly get a brand new gate and keypad.

On top of that, they want to catch whoever is responsible, so they are now offering a $2,000 reward for information that can help catch who is responsible.